hazardous

Example Sentences

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The National Weather Service warned that the heat wave, in addition to bringing risks of heat stress, also will create hazardous conditions along rivers as rapid snowmelt causes rising water levels and swift currents.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

In a blog post, the band's former press officer Stuart Bailie recalled telling the papers that a "pile up of snow on the venues makes it too hazardous" to play, because "a roof might collapse".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"Over time, such a small change in an asteroid's motion can make the difference between a hazardous object hitting or missing our planet."

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Mr. Enrigue follows both groups on their hazardous journeys into the Sierra Madre, and the writing, translated by Natasha Wimmer, yields all the pleasures of a first-rate adventure with none of the sentimentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Side-scan sonar has been widely used to detect obstructions on the ocean floor that might be hazardous to shipping or to seabed installations by the gas and oil industries.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler